Noisy next-door neighbours' dog?

Question

What's the best way of silencing the noisy dog before I go completely insane? All ideas welcome - the good, bad and ugly!

Answer 1

Phone the environmental health, your neighbours are breaking the law letting their dog continually bark, if there OK neighbours then you could suggest to them that they fill a spray bottle with water and every time the dog barks spray it, not in its face though, its not cruel and it does work as long as you persevere, you can also suggest they put a few coins in a tin and shake that at the dog every time it barks, hope you get some peace soon, good luck.

Answer 2

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The new puppy is certainly one of the most adorable and cuddly creatures that has ever been created. It is the most natural thing in the world to shower it with love and affection. However, at the same time it is important to realize that if you want to have a well trained adult dog, you need to begin the training process right away. The dog, like its related ancestor, the wolf, is a pack animal. One of the features of a pack is that it has a single dominant leader. Your new puppy is going to want that leader to be you, but if you do not assume that role from the very beginning, the puppy’s instincts will push him to become the leader.

The most important thing to remember about training the puppy during its first six months of life is that it must see you as the leader of the family pack. The essential thing is gaining the trust and the respect of the puppy from the beginning. You will not do this by allowing the puppy to do whatever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it. On the other hand, a certain amount of patience is required. Most people err in their early training by going to extremes one way or the other. Although you need to begin the basic training process at once, you can not expect your dog to do too much at first. Basic obedience training is fine and should include simple commands like sit, stay, and come. Remember that trying to teach the dog advanced obedience techniques when it is a puppy is much like trying to teach a five year old child algebra.

It is also important to restrain from cruel or abusive treatment of the puppy. You can not beat obedience into your dog, and it certainly is not going to engender feeling of respect and trust. House breaking is an area where this usually becomes a problem because of the anger that is triggered when the puppy fails and creates a mess inside the home. Although this issue must be addressed without anger, it most be addressed. If you allow the puppy to eliminate inside the house, it will continue to do so as an adult dog. The same thing is true of other destructive or dangerous behavior such as chewing and biting. Do not expect the puppy to grow out of it. You are going to need to train the puppy out of it, but you should do so firmly but with a sense of play and fun using positive reinforcement and lots of love and praise for good behavior.

Answer 3

Assuming that the dog barks a lot.
Why is the dog barking? Does it have a reason to? Have you talked to you neighbor in a nice way? Are you just the troublemaker here? Does the dog bark while you are trying to sleep? What is the problem?
It is okay to question the neighbor as to why the dog barks so much?

You really need to give a little more info here.

Answer 4

"He called the humane society on them twice but as long as my dogs are on my property there's no law against them making noise. " That's not true. Noise pollution is noise pollution. I've called the police on neighbors with noisy dogs (when they won't let their dogs in). This was after asking them to please let the dogs in for an entire weekend - they refused and were issued tickets for noise pollution with a warning that the dogs would be removed. I'm not insensitive to dogs, I have one myself - but when owners leave their dogs out in the back yard all day only to bark. Your neighbor has a right to enjoy his property too. I agree with you that he could be doing it to break them of the habit - maybe you can help him do it as well? My neighbors have dogs and when we are working in the yard, if they bark we ask permission to pet them so that they get used to us. Also - is there anything you can do to encourage them to be in another part of your yard? The way my property is set up, I'd only have to put up a small fence to keep my dog away from my neighbors direct contact. Maybe that's an option for you.

Answer 5

If you're in the UK get in touch with your local council (environmental health dept.) - they have noise restriction policies in place and will send someone out to determine howmuch of a nuisance the dog is. Once it is established that the dog is causing a problem, the owner will be told to keep it quiet, if that fails they can be taken to court. Good luck, I know firsthand how soul destroying it is.

Answer 6

Most communities have laws that govern how long a dog can be left barking. My local rules are 20 minutes. Then you can call the police and they will be ticketed for having a nuisance.

Answer 7

go in next door during the night while the owner is asleep bring a big lump of meat as the dog approaches grab him and bring him to the nearest shelter and say hes a stray and if your lucky some else might give him a home peace at last ,NO CRUELTY THOUGH .

Answer 8

As a teen we had a dog that barked all night. Eventually our neighbors called the police about it and we were given a ticket with a $50 fine. After that we kept him inside at night.

Answer 9

I spent a lot of time living in South Africa. Over there, the "bad-guys starter kit" consists of guns and baseball bats rather than masks and gloves.
I kept two German Shepherds.
I never got robbed, neither did any of my neighbors.
When a dog barks, there's usually a reason - they're not auditioning for the opera.

Answer 10

Dogs hate high pitched frequencies. They can hear them, humans can't. But allow a little time for the dog to acclimate first. He might calm down on his own once he learns his surroundings.